Tay Keith

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Tay Keith
Birth nameBrytavious Lakeith Chambers
Born (1996-09-20) September 20, 1996 (age 24)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • Music Executive
InstrumentsFL Studio
Years active2012–present
Labels
Associated acts
Websitewww.doawanted.com

Brytavious Lakeith Chambers (born September 20, 1996), known professionally as Tay Keith, is an American record producer and songwriter.[1] He is best known for co-producing Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode", peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, BlocBoy JB's "Look Alive", peaking at number five on the Hot 100, and Drake's "Nonstop", peaking at number two.[2][3] He is signed to publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and is a BMI member.

On December 15, 2018, Tay Keith earned his bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[4]

He was nominated for Best Rap Song for his work on "Sicko Mode" at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.

Early life[]

Brytavious Lakeith Chambers was born on September 20, 1996, in South Memphis, Tennessee, where he was also raised. He grew up with his mom and dad knowing that music was going to be his strong point. Keith is the youngest family member out of his two brothers and two sisters.[citation needed]

When he was around fourteen, he began to make music and publish it to YouTube and DatPiff. He also had a piano which he used to make songs and remake popular songs. One of the songs he managed to remake was Lil Wayne's "Lollipop".[5]

Keith met fellow American rapper BlocBoy JB when he was fourteen, after he moved to Raleigh in North Memphis. The two began making music together shortly afterward.[4]

Career[]

In 2015, Keith began working with rapper Blac Youngsta on his mixtape, Fuck Everybody, for which he produced the single "Lil Bitch".

Keith gained mainstream success in 2018 through producing BlocBoy JB's "Rover" (later remixed to "Rover 2.0" featuring 21 Savage), "Shoot" and "Look Alive" featuring Drake, Drake's "Nonstop", Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode", Eminem's "Not Alike" featuring Royce da 5'9, and Lil Baby and Gunna's "Never Recover" featuring Drake.

On April 17, 2019, Beyoncé released her album Homecoming: The Live Album, which is the live recording from her Coachella performance. It also included a bonus track "Before I Let Go", produced by Keith.

On March 5, 2020, Aitch released "Rain", a single featuring AJ Tracey; the song was produced by Keith.

Business ventures[]

McDonald's[]

In February 2021, Keith partnered with American fast food restaurant chain McDonald's to promote its new menu item, the Crispy Chicken sandwich. Included with the sandwich was a phonograph record of an unreleased track produced by Keith and a hoodie.[6]

Personal life[]

In December 2018, Keith graduated from Middle Tennessee State University, receiving a degree in Media Management.[7]

In January 2019, Keith was involved in a car crash. He was unscathed after the incident.[8]

Discography[]

Main article: Tay Keith discography
  • Fxck the Cash Up (2020)

Production discography[]

Charted singles[]

List of singles as either producer or co-producer, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released, performing artists and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US US
R&B/HH 		US
Rap 		AUS CAN IRE NZ SWE SWI UK
"Look Alive"
(BlocBoy JB featuring Drake) 		2018 5 3 3 24 4 16 15 30 34 17
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum[9]
  • IFPI: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum[10]
  • RMNZ: Gold[11]
 Simi
"Rover 2.0"
(BlocBoy JB featuring 21 Savage) 		—[A] 49 — — — — — — — —
"Who Want The Smoke?"[13]
(Lil Yachty featuring Cardi B and Offset) 		—[B] —[C] — — — — — — — — Nuthin' 2 Prove
"Nonstop"
(Drake) 		2 2 2 5 1 5 8 17 10 4
  • BPI: Platinum[10]
  • MC: Platinum
 Scorpion
"Sicko Mode"
(Travis Scott featuring Drake) 		1 1 1 6 3 11 8 29 17 9
  • RIAA: Diamond (10× Platinum)
  • ARIA: 8× Platinum[9]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[10]
  • MC: 9× Platinum
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum[14]
 Astroworld
"Stoopid"
(6ix9ine featuring Bobby Shmurda) 		25 15 14 63 22 — —[D] 25 28 34
  • RIAA: Platinum
 Dummy Boy
"Jumpin on a Jet"
(Future) 		2019 57 26 22 — 84 — — — — —
  • RIAA: Gold
 The Wizrd
"100 Shooters"[16]
(Future featuring Meek Mill and Doe Boy) 		—[E] 39 — — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: Gold
 High Off Life
"U Played"[17]
(Moneybagg Yo featuring Lil Baby) 		2020 53 23 18 — 25 — — — — 73 Time Served
"Go Stupid"
(Polo G, Stunna 4 Vegas and NLE Choppa featuring Mike Will Made It) 		60 29 20 — 28 97 —[F] — — —
  • RIAA: Platinum[19]
  • MC: Platinum
 The Goat
"Holiday"
(Lil Nas X) 		37 11 10 42 26 18 — 60 26 23
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
  • IFPI: Gold
 Non-album single
"Every Chance I Get"
(DJ Khaled featuring Lil Baby and Lil Durk) 		2021 20 10 8 — 25 — — — — 73 Khaled Khaled
"I Did It"
(DJ Khaled featuring Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby and DaBaby) 		43 17 14 99 22 48 — 50 — 53
"Type Shit"
(Migos and Cardi B) 		71 30 — — — — — — — — Culture III
"Over the Top"
(Smiley featuring Drake) 		57 19 15 — 13 73 — — — 97 TBA

Other charted songs[]

List of songs as either producer or co-producer, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released, performing artists and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US US
R&B/HH 		US
Rap 		AUS CAN IRE NZ SWE UK
"Not Alike"
(Eminem featuring Royce da 5'9) 		2018 24 17 15 23 18 — 20 25 — Kamikaze
"Never Recover"
(Lil Baby, Gunna and Drake) 		15 9 9 — 16 89 —[G] — 46
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[22]
  • MC: Gold
 Drip Harder
"Shine"
(Quavo) 		—[H] — — — — — — — — Quavo Huncho
"Don't Come Out the House"
(Metro Boomin and 21 Savage) 		38 18 18 — — 66 —[I] — 80
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
 Not All Heroes Wear Capes
"Tic Tac Toe"
(Meek Mill featuring Kodak Black) 		72 37 — — — — — — — Championships
"Temptation"
(Future) 		2019 76 38 — — — — — — — The Wizrd
"Promise U That"
(Future) 		—[J] 49
[23] 		— — — — — — —
"Before I Let Go"
(Beyonce) 		65 24 — — — 71 — 73 77 Homecoming: The Live Album
"Wish Wish"
(DJ Khaled featuring Cardi B & 21 Savage) 		19 8 6 88 28 — —[K] — 81
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
 Father of Asahd
"Jealous"
(DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, and Big Sean) 		57 26 — 59 54 — —[L] — 37
  • RIAA: Gold
"Mother's Daughter"
(Miley Cyrus) 		54 — — 21 31 22 21 76 29
  • ARIA: Gold
  • ZPAV: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[10]
 She Is Coming
"Same Thing"
(Lil Baby) 		2020 78 40 — — — — — — — My Turn
"Commercial"
(Lil Baby featuring Lil Uzi Vert) 		23 12 8 — 59 — —[M] — —
"No Sucker"
(Lil Baby and Moneybagg Yo) 		58 30 23 — — — — — —
"Feigning"
(Gunna) 		98 50 — — — — — — — Wunna
"Back Again"
(King Von featuring Prince Dre and Lil Durk) 		—[N] — — — — — — — — Welcome to O'Block
"Movie"
(Megan Thee Stallion featuring Lil Durk) 		—[O] 39 — — — — — — — Good News
"Big Paper"
(DJ Khaled featuring Cardi B) 		2021 84 37 — — — — — — — Khaled Khaled
"Genius"
(Pop Smoke, Lil Tjay and Swae Lee) 		—[P] 46 — 72 54 — — — — Faith
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Production credits[]

2013[]

Lil B - 100% Gutta

  • 14. "Still Flexin Membership"

2014[]

PnB Rock - Real N*gga Bangaz

  • 07. "Stylish"

2015[]

T-Wayne - Who Is Rickey Wayne?

  • 09. "Stallion"

2016[]

Blac Youngsta - Young & Reckless

  • 06. "Catch a Body"
  • 11. "All Of My N*ggas"

BlocBoy JB - Who Am I

  • 11. "Change On Your N*ggas"
  • 16: "No Chorus, Pt. 5"
  • 19. "No Chorus, Pt. 6"

Blac Youngsta - Fuck Everybody

  • 01. "Fuck Everybody Intro"
  • 08. "Lil Bitch"
  • 10. "On Me"

BlocBoy JB - No Chorus, Pt. 7

  • 13. "No Chorus, Pt. 7"

Moneybagg Yo & Yo Gotti - 2 Federal

  • 03. "Afta While"
  • 10. "Gang Gang" ft. Blac Youngsta
  • 15. "No Dealings"

Project Pat - Street God 4

  • 04. "Real Hood N*ggas"
  • 05. "Catch You Slippin"

BlocBoy JB - Who Am I 2

  • 02. "Ride To West Memphis"
  • 09. "Fr"
  • 12. "No Chorus, Pt. 9"

2017[]

Moneybagg Yo - Heartless

  • 04. "More"
  • 08. "Hurtin"

Blac Youngsta - Illuminati

  • 08. "Set Trip"

BlocBoy JB - Loco

  • 01. "Intro"
  • 04. "Fucc A N*gga Bitch"
  • 09. "No Chorus, Pt. 9"
  • 13. "Outro"

Blac Youngsta - I'm Innocent

  • 02. "Birthday"

BlocBoy JB - Who Am I 3

  • 01. "Intro"
  • 02. "Shoot"
  • 04. "First Day Bacc on Da Bloc"
  • 10. "No Chorus, Pt. 10"

Moneybagg Yo - Federal 3X

  • 02. "Important"
  • 04. "Doin' It"

BlocBoy JB - The Purple M&M

  • 01. "Intro"
  • 02. "BBQ"
  • 04. "No Topic"
  • 05. "Pull Up"
  • 08. "Soulja"
  • 12. "Outro"

Doe Boy - In Freebandz We Trust 2

  • 05. "Shoot Em Up"

Starlito - Funerals & Court Dates 2

  • 09. "Important Freestyle"

Starlito - Starlito's Way 4: GhettOut

  • 02. "SB4Life"
  • 04. "SW4"
  • 09. "Airplane Mode"

2018[]

Juicy J - Shutdafukup

  • 07. "Broke N*ggaz" ft. YKOM

Key Glock - Glock Bond

  • 09. "Russian Cream"

Moneybagg Yo - 2 Heartless

  • 06. "Ion Get You"
  • 09. "Super Fake"
  • 16. "Back Then"

Xavier Wulf - East Memphis Maniac

  • 02. “Homecoming (feat. Bankroll Rico)”
  • 03. “Eastside Sliding (feat. idontknowjeffery & Chris Travis)
  • 04. “Request Refused”

Blac Youngsta - 223

  • 06. "Fuck Everybody Else"

BlocBoy JB - Simi

Lil Baby - Harder Than Ever

  • 04. "Exotic" ft. Starlito

Rico Nasty - Nasty

  • 04. "In The Air" ft. BlocBoy JB
  • 11. "Transformer" ft. Gnar

Drake - Scorpion

Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers 2

Moneybagg Yo - Bet On Me

  • 01. "Dice Game"
  • 02. "Rush Hour"
  • 03. "Wat U On" ft. Gunna
  • 04. "Exactly"
  • 07. "Correct Me"

Travis Scott - Astroworld

Blac Youngsta - Fuck Everybody 2

  • 02. "Uh Uh"
  • 05. "Ight" ft. Lil Pump

Eminem - Kamikaze

Lil Baby and Gunna - Drip Harder

  • 13. "Never Recover" ft. Drake

Quavo - Quavo Huncho

  • 06. "Shine"

Lil Yachty - Nuthin' 2 Prove

BlocBoy JB - Don't Think That

  • 02. "Club Roc"
  • 05. "Bacc Street Boys"

Metro Boomin - Not All Heroes Wear Capes

  • 03. "Don't Come Out The House" ft. 21 Savage

Moneybagg Yo - Reset

  • 03. "They Madd"

Tee Grizzley - Still My Moment

  • 02. "Hooters"

Key Glock - Glockoma

  • 01. "Since 6ix"
  • 02. "Life Is Great"
  • 05. "Dope"
  • 08. "Yea!!"

6ix9ine - Dummy Boy

Meek Mill - Championships

2019[]

Future - The Wizrd

Nav - Bad Habits

  • 17. "Amazing" ft. Future

Beyonce - Homecoming: The Live Album

DJ Khaled - Father of Asahd

Moneybagg Yo - 43va Heartless

  • 09. "No Filter"

Denzel Curry - Zuu

  • 04. "Automatic"

Miley Cyrus - She is Coming

BlocBoy JB - I Am Me

  • 04. "Head In My Lap"

Gucci Mane - Delusions of Granduer

  • 07. "Bottom"
  • 16. "Look At Me Now"

ILoveMakonnen - M3

  • 05. "Money Fiend"

Jaden - Erys

  • 08. "Got It"

Ugly God - Bumps & Bruises

  • 10. "Batman"

Gucci Mane - Woptober II

  • 05. "Came from Scratch" ft. Quavo

Hoodrich Pablo Juan - Dope Money Violence

  • 11. "Pirate"

Flipp Dinero - Love for Guala

  • 05. "If I Tell You"
  • 08. "Not Too Many"

Troyman - Rhythm + Flow Soundtrack: The Final Episode

  • 01. "Streetlight"

2020[]

Moneybagg Yo - Time Served

  • 02. "U Played" featuring Lil Baby

Yo Gotti - Untrapped

  • 12. "Bounce That"

Marlo - 1st & 3rd

Lil Baby - My Turn

  • 07. "Same Thing"
  • 09. "Commercial" featuring Lil Uzi Vert
  • 12. "No Sucker" with Moneybagg Yo

Ambjaay - It Cost to Live Like This, Pt. 2

  • 02. "Blow The Pickle" featuring Wiz Khalifa

Jackboy - Jackboy

  • 08. "Like a Million" featuring Kodak Black

Nav - Brown Boy 2

  • 01. "I'm Up"

Polo G - The Goat

Future - High Off Life

  • 20. "100 Shooters" with Doe Boy featuring Meek Mill

Gunna - Wunna

  • 04. "Feigning"

2021[]

Pooh Shiesty - Shiesty Season

  • 16. "Master P"

G Herbo

  • "Really Like That"[26]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Rover 2.0" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[12]
  2. ^ "Who Want The Smoke?" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  3. ^ "Who Want The Smoke?" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
  4. ^ "Stoopid" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number five on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[15]
  5. ^ "100 Shooters" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  6. ^ "Go Stupid" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 16 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
  7. ^ "Never Recover" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
  8. ^ "Shine" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  9. ^ "Don't Come Out the House" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 7 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
  10. ^ "Promise U That" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  11. ^ "Wish Wish" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 14 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
  12. ^ "Never Recover" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number eight on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
  13. ^ "Commercial" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 15 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
  14. ^ "Back Again" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[24]
  15. ^ "Movie" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]
  16. ^ "Genius" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

References[]

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  3. ^ "Tay Keith Talks Producing BlocBoy JB's 'Look Alive' & 'Nonstop' For Drake: 'Memphis Definitely Has the Spotlight Now'". Billboard.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "BlocBoy JB is now in the running to become America's next top rapper". The Fader. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Tay Keith is the 21-year-old Memphis producer who wants to unite his city through music". Thefader.com.
  6. ^ "McDonald's Taps 'Sicko Mode' Producer Tay Keith For Latest Limited Merch Drop". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
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  8. ^ "Tay Keith Shares Footage From Horrific Car Crash". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
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  13. ^ "Who Want the Smoke? (feat. Cardi B & Offset) - Single by Lil Yachty on Apple Music". Retrieved May 7, 2020.
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  15. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
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  19. ^ "Gold & Platinum: Polo G". RIAA. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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  26. ^ Powell, Jon (March 5, 2021). "G Herbo delivers the new singles "Break Yoself" and "Really Like That"". Revolt. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
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